Dear Radiation Oncology Professionals in NC:
On behalf of the steering committee, we would like to invite you to attend the 5th North Carolina IMRT/IGRT Symposium to be held on May 5, 2012 at the Durham Convention Center. Click here to download the meeting brochure.
The North Carolina IMRT/IGRT Symposium was initiated 5 years ago by four institutions: Duke University, East Carolina University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Wake Forest University. The purpose of this symposium is to foster collaboration in the clinical development, the research, and the educational training of emerging IMRT/IGRT technologies in the North Carolina radiation oncology community. Over the past 5 years, each of 4 major institutions has successfully hosted one symposium and each was well received within the radiation oncology community across North Carolina. Now this event has become an annual or biannual scientific meeting for NC radiation oncology professionals, including radiation oncologists, radiation physicists, dosimetrists, radiation therapists, oncology nurses, and oncology administrators.
This year, Duke University is honored to host the 5th NC IMRT/IGRT Symposium. To further enhance the understanding of this technology on clinical practice, this meeting will focus on lung/liver SBRT with a theme of How do you do lung/liver SBRT? The meeting format will include group presentations and discussions. The objectives of this symposium are:
1. Discuss current SBRT biology, clinical indications, and technologies
2. Describe clinical results and outcomes for lung/liver SBRT
3. Discuss the technical procedures for lung/liver SBRT
4. Identify safety and quality concerns related to performing lung/liver SBRT
CMEs will be provided for different professionals.
The symposium includes three invited talks (30-minute each) and four team presentation/expert panel sessions (70-80 minutes each). If you wish to participate as a team presentation, please submit a brief abstract to: Fang-Fang Yin (fangfang.yin@duke.edu). The deadline for receipt of any abstract is December 30, 2011. Expected abstract proposal should include:
1) Description of a clinical case, treatment procedures, as well as the number of similar cases performed in your institution;
2) Presenters (including name, title, affiliation, contact information).
The abstracts will be reviewed by the organization committee. It is anticipated that both academic and community practices will be weighed in the process of selection. We expect that the selection process will be completed by the end of January, 2012.
People from other states who are interested in this symposium are also invited to attend.
Durham Convention Center located in the heart of downtown Durham, the city of medicine. Area attractions include the Durham Performing Arts Center, American Tobacco, and Bulls Stadium. We look forward to your participation in this symposium. Optional “tours” of the new Duke Cancer Institute will be also available by appointment.
Fang-Fang Yin, PhD and Christopher Willett, MD
Co-Chairs of the steering committee, the 5th NC IMRT/IGRT Symposium
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I would like to register to attend the IMRT/IGRT Symposium on May 5, 2012 in Durham, NC.
You can click “Registration” in the manu (top of the page) to register online or download the registration form.
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